169- THEY WERE SUCCEEDED BY PEOPLE WHO INHERITED
THE BOOK; THEY TAKE THE PLEASURES OF THIS LOWER LIFE AND SAY: “WE WILL BE
FORGIVEN”.BUT IF THERE ARE OTHER SUCH
PLEASURES, THEY TAKE THEM.HAVE THEY NOT
TAKEN THE COVENANT OF THE BOOK THAT THEY SHOULD NOT SAY ABOUT ALLAH ANYTHING
BUT THE TRUTH, AND THEY HAVE STUDIED WHAT IS THEREIN (IN THE BOOK), BUT THE
LATER HOME IS A BETTER PLACE FOR THE PIOUS WHO GUARD THEMSELVES FROM ALLAH’S
DISPLEASURE, WHY DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND.
To inherit is to have belongings passed down to you from your
ancestors.The Children of Israel
inherited their holy book, the Torah and it was passed down to them, one
generation after another.They should
have given their inheritance its dues; looking after it, observing its rules,
teaching it properly to their offspring, in practice as well as in the book.
After the death of Mohamed, prayer and peace upon him, one
day, his companion Abu Hurirah called out to the people in the town: “Allah’s
messenger’s estate is being shared out in the Mosque”.People went to the mosque to find no money or
property being distributed, but only people praying, reading the Quran, or
studying aspects of religion.When they
asked his about the estate being distributed, he said that this is what Allah’s
messenger, prayer and peace upon, him left behind.
All the pleasures we have on Earth are Halal, with few
exceptions, and these exceptions Allah the Highest has forbidden clearly in the
Holy Scriptures, starting with the Torah and ending with the Quran.Some
of us are attracted by the pleasures Allah the Highest has forbidden, and they
are few, instead of the ones allowed, and they are many.Some do that expecting forgiveness, which in
fact makes their sins worse, for they clearly know that they are doing
wrong.Allah’s messenger prayer and
peace upon him said about those: “Those who
think good of Allah would worship Him well”.And worship is one of our deeds.(A: 2; 304)
For a believer to do wrong knowingly, is much worse that
those who do wrong out of ignorance.
The pious and righteous people, refrain from displeasing
Allah the Highest, even if this means that they miss out on some pleasures in this
life, while the wicked prefer the immediate and quick pleasures of this lower
life.Allah the Highest said about them:
“BUT YOU PREFER THE LOWER LIFE * WHILE
THEREAFTER IS BETTER AND EVERLASTING”.(S: 87
A: 16-17)
The feeling of certainty about the Hereafter is what drives
the believers to do the right thing, and refrain from doing wrong.It is what makes them happy to wait for the
pleasures of the Hereafter, rather than take the forbidden pleasures in this
life.
